[3] This was for the convenience of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby,[3] who was about to have a new Jacobethan country house built in nearby Sandon Park.

There was a decorated timber awning and, on the opposite platform, a small but similarly elegant waiting-room.

The platforms and station buildings were built on the down, Stoke, side of the bridge of the present B5066 road, and at the other end was a long siding accessed from both running lines by trailing crossovers, with a short spur back to the station.

To simplify shunting, authority had been given by the company managers to use a tow rope which was kept beneath the signal box.

Further along the line was a private siding belonging to the Earl to service his gasworks which was also controlled by Sandon box.